124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 373 LR 882(02)
An Act To Facilitate Lactation at the Workplace by New Mothers
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
Committee: Labor
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
Minor cost increase - General Fund
Minor revenue increase - General Fund
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
Increases the number of civil violations.
The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This legislation may have a fiscal impact to those local municipalities and school administrative units that do not currently provide an appropriate location where an employee may express milk in privacy.  There may also be a fiscal impact to local municipalities and school administrative units if they are found to be in violation of this requirement.  The impact to individual municipalities and school administrative units can not be determined at this time but is not expected to be significant.
Additional costs to the Bureau of Labor Standards within the Department of Labor associated with enforcement of this provision can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.